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Babak Fakhamzadeh •

Co-founder of walk · listen · create
(Netherlands / Iran / Brazil)

Founder Marŝarto23 shortlisted Online Jury 2022 Online Jury 2023 Online Jury 2024 SWS Grand Jury 2023 SWS23 shortlisted
Babak was working in ICT4D before it had a name (2001), and never really left it. Now, he can help you to get lost.

Babak brought photomarathons to Africa (2007) and won the Highway Africa new media award (2007).
He is the only three-time winner of the UN World Summit Awards; in 2012, 2017, and 2021.
In 2016, together with Agência Pública, he won, and was a runner up for, the Prêmio Jornalístico Vladimir Herzog de Anistia e Direitos Humanos. In 2017, he cooperated on work which was nominated for the Gabriel García Márquez award, and the Prêmio Petrobras de Jornalismo.

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  • Post SWS20

    Sound Walk September 2020 Awards shortlist

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 15 Oct, 2020
  • Curated news

    Study reveals world’s most walkable cities | Cities | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 15 Oct, 2020
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    One of the world’s quietest places is an urban park in Taiwan; meet the scientist on a mission to identify and preserve others | South China Morning Post

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 13 Oct, 2020
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    Arts Gowanus ArtWalk Brings 1.5 Miles of Art to Brooklyn Neighborhoods

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 13 Oct, 2020
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    On line meet up with Mel Sutton: “When does a walk become a meditation?”

    Mel Sutton
    Geert Vermeire•
    · 2020-08-18 18:00
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  • walk · listen · café

    On-line meet up with Kerri Andrews – Wanderers, a history of women walking

    https://wlc.zone/1tz
    Kerri Andrews
    Andrew Stuck•
    · 2020-10-13 18:00
  • Curated news

    The People Walker: We Tried the Professional Walking Service | PEOPLE.com

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 11 Oct, 2020
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    “The Art of Sauntering,” by Susan Hand Shetterly | Down East Magazine

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 10 Oct, 2020
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  • Walking Event SWS20

    Artist Chat with Jacek Smolicki, creator of Intertidal room – a soundwalk

    Vancouver New Music
    · Vancouver Ne... · 2020-09-29 01:00
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  • Walking Event SWS19

    Listen to the Sound of the City, Walking in Silence / Berlin, Alexanderplatz

    https://wlc.zone/1d5
    · 2019-09-01 07:00
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  • Walking Event SWS20

    Workshop Zintuiglijk Wandelen : Walking with chairs, Stille luisterwandeling, Wind en water wandeling

    https://wlc.zone/5df
    · 2 - 16 Sep, 2020
  • Curated news

    Sounds of the Forest – Soundmap :: Timber Festival

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 5 Oct, 2020
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  • walk · listen · café

    On-line meet up with Kerri Andrews – Wanderers, a history of women walking

    https://wlc.zone/1tz
    Kerri Andrews
    Andrew Stuck•
    · 2020-10-13 18:00
  • Curated news

    Assange’s show trial is the culmination of the Society of the Spectacle

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 4 Oct, 2020
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    The Art & Origins of Running Across Paris Rooftops

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 29 Sep, 2020
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    Telepathy without the internet – JVC

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 29 Sep, 2020
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  • Walking Piece

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    · Since 1998
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    A Walk Around Carlisle in 1975 – Flashbak

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 28 Sep, 2020
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  • Walking Event SWS20

    TALK | ARTIST: Viviane Le Courtois

    Julie Poitras Santos
    · PLATFORM PRO... · 2020-09-24 23:30